CMVM Regulation No. 4/2013 Corporate Governance The Portuguese corporate governance framework is at present predominantly structured according to a model based on the CMVM regulation imposing on issuers of shares admitted to trading on a regulated market situated or operating in Portugal, the duty to provide and disclose information by way of a report on the structure and practices of corporate governance (corporate governance report), the content of which is the result of convening legal, regulatory rules and of the description of the degree of the adoption of Governance Codes of a recommendatory nature. The review that has been undertaken focuses on the content of the mentioned report and arranges the information requirements whose provision is mandatory, enabling companies to use a different Corporate Governance Code to the code issued by the CMVM, and reformulating the Corporate Governance Code made available by the CMVM - the latest version dating back to 2010. Thus, under the mandatory provision of information content, specific regulation requirements have been revised, focusing on the provision of information considered essential for ensuring an adequate knowledge of governance practices adopted by each company. As to the recommendatory strand, the use of a corporate governance code other than the CMVM code (article 2/1) are now allowed and no prior examination by said entity is now required. Notwithstanding the fact that the CMVM will continue to provide a Governance Code that promotes the implementation of best corporate practices, deciding on which code to choose is left to the company’s discretion exclusively and is no longer undertaken by the CMVM. The decision- making bodies of the company shall now justify their option and explain said option, thereby allowing greater freedom of choice. It is furthermore clarified within the context of the comply or explain principle that incorporates the application of the corporate governance code, the material correspondence between recommendation compliance and non-compliance explanation, when said explanation allows for an assessment of those reasons that are materially equivalent to the recommendation’s compliance. As regards the entry into force of draft Regulation (article 4), it is proposed that despite the fact that CMVM Regulation No. 1/2010 will still be in force until 31 December 2013, at the time of the 2014 financial year, when companies submit the 2013 financial year annual management report to the shareholders’ consideration, the corporate governance report be drawn up to include information and abide by the model provided for in the Annex to this Regulation. In this way, companies will have an adequate period of time in which to conform to the new model and to the manner of complying with disclosure requirements. 1 This provision does not restrict the possibility (rectius, the duty) of companies conforming their governance practices with recommendations from any Governance Code, during the course of 2013, albeit the assessment of its effective compliance will be centered in the corporate governance report that is to be drawn up in 2014 in fulfillment of the current Regulation. Thus, pursuant to Articles 369/1, 245-A/2 of the Securities Code and 9/n of the CMVM’s Bylaws, approved by Decree-Law No. 473/99 of 8 November, the Executive Board of the CMVM approved the following regulation: Article 1 Corporate governance report 1. Issuers of shares admitted to trading on a regulated market situated or operating in Portugal and subject to Portuguese law shall disclose in the chapter or as an annex thereto, of the annual management report that is specifically drawn up for said purpose, a detailed report on the corporate governance structure and practices, containing, with the arrangement under this Regulation, the information mentioned in Article 245-A of the Securities Code, as well as additional information provided for in this Regulation and all other relevant information for understanding the model and adopted the governance practices. 2. The corporate governance report shall include, in addition to the information referred to in the preceding paragraph, the assessment of the company regarding compliance with the recommendations set out in the Corporate Governance Code adopted in accordance with Article 254-A/1/n or o/ of the Portuguese Securities Code. 3. Issuers should explain in an effective, justified and reasoned way, the rationale for non-compliance with the recommendations set out in the corporate governance code, demonstrating adequacy of the alternative solution adopted as to the principles of good corporate governance and that allow for the accommodation of said reasons so that said may be materially equivalent to recommendation compliancy. 4. For purposes of the preceding paragraphs, the corporate governance report includes the information and follows the model set out in Annex I hereto which forms a part thereof. Article 2 Corporate governance code 1. Issuers of shares admitted to trading on a regulated market situated or operating in Portugal adopt the CMVM Code or the corporate governance code issued by an entity specifically suitable for said purpose. 2. The issuer’s option as to the corporate governance code and subject to Portuguese law shall be justified in the report referred to in Article 1. 2 Article 3 Website Issuers of shares admitted to trading on a regulated market situated or operating in Portugal and subject to Portuguese law, shall make the following information available on their websites: a) The company, public company status, headquarters and other information mentioned in Article 171 of the Commercial Companies Code; b) Articles of Association; c) Identity of corporate body members and the market liaison officer; d) Investor support office or its equivalent structure, their duties and access means; e) Accountability documents, which should be made available for at least five years; f) Half-yearly calendar of events, released at the beginning of each half-year, including inter alia, the general meetings, disclosure of annual and half-yearly accounts and, as applicable, quarterly accounts. Article 4 Entry into force and effect 1. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2014. 2. The corporate governance report that is to be submitted by issuers to the general assembly in 2014, with reference to the year 2013, shall be prepared in accordance with this Regulation. 3. Regulation No. 1/2010 is hereby repealed with the entry into force of this Regulation. Lisbon, 18 July 2013 – Carlos Tavares, Chairman of the Executive Board, Carlos Alves, Executive Board Member. 3 Annex I CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT MODEL Year #### Identification of the company Warning Notice: - Unless otherwise stated or where the result is different from the context, the required information should be provided with reference to the last day of the financial year that the report covers; - All references to Articles without the respective legal statute being indicated shall be construed as references to the Securities Code. 4 PART I – INFORMATION ON SHAREHOLDER STRUCTURE, ORGANISATION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE A. SHAREHOLDER STRUCTURE I. Capital structure 1. The capital structure (share capital, number of shares, distribution of capital by shareholders, etc.), including an indication of shares that are not admitted to trading, different classes of shares, rights and duties of same and the capital percentage that each class represents (Article 245-A/1/a)). 2. Restrictions on the transfer of shares, such as clauses on consent for disposal, or limits on the ownership of shares (Article 245-A/1/b)). 3. Number of own shares, the percentage of share capital that it represents and corresponding percentage of voting rights that corresponded to own shares (Article 245-A/1/a)). 4. Important agreements to which the company is a party and that come into effect, amend or terminated in cases such as a change in the control of the company after a takeover bid, and the respective effects, except where due to their nature, the disclosure thereof would be seriously detrimental to the company; this exception does not apply where the company is specifically required to disclose said information pursuant to other legal requirements (Article 245-A/1/j)). 5. A system that is subject to the renewal or withdrawal of countermeasures, particularly those that provide for a restriction on the number of votes capable of being held or exercised by only one shareholder individually or together with other shareholders. 6. Shareholders’ agreements that the company is aware of and that may result in restrictions on the transfer of securities or voting rights (Article 245-A/1/g)). II. Shareholdings and Bonds held 7. Details of the natural or legal persons who, directly or indirectly, are holders of qualifying holdings (Article 245-A/1/c) & /d) and Article 16) with details of the percentage of capital and votes attributed and the source and causes of the attribution. 8. A list of the number of shares and bonds held by members of the management and supervisory boards. [NOTE: the information should be provided so that Article 447/5 CCC is complied with] 9. Special powers of the Board of Directors, especially as regards resolutions on the capital increase (Article 245-A/1/i)) with an indication as to the allocation date, time period within which said powers may be carried out, the upper ceiling for the capital increase, the amount already issued pursuant to the allocation of powers and mode of implementing the powers assigned. 5 10. Information on any significant business relationships between the holders of qualifying holdings and the company. B. CORPORATE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES I. GENERAL MEETING a) Composition of the Presiding Board of the General Meeting * *throughout the said year 11. Details and position of the members of the Presiding Board of the General Meeting and respective term of office (beginning and end). b) Exercising the right to vote 12. Any restrictions on the right to vote, such as restrictions on voting rights subject to holding a number or percentage of shares, deadlines for exercising voting rights, or systems whereby the financial rights attaching to securities are separated from the holding of securities (Article 245-A/1/f)); 13. Details of the maximum percentage of voting rights that may be exercised by a single shareholder or by shareholders that are in any relationship as set out in Article 20/1. 14. Details of shareholders' resolutions that, imposed by the articles of association, may only be taken with a qualified majority, in addition to those legally provided, and details of said majority. II. MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION (Board of Directors, Executive Board and the General and Supervisory Board) a) Composition* 15. Details of corporate governance model adopted. 16. Articles of association rules on the procedural requirements governing the appointment and replacement of members of the Board of Directors, the Executive Board and the General and Supervisory Board, where applicable. (Article 245-A/1/h)). 17. Composition of the Board of Directors, the Executive Board and the General and Supervisory Board, where applicable, with details of the articles of association’s minimum and maximum number of members, duration of term of office, number of effective members, date when first appointed and end of the term of office of each member. 18. Distinction to be drawn between executive and non-executive directors and, as regards non-executive members, details of members that may be considered independent, or, where applicable, details of independent members of the General and Supervisory Board. 6 18.1. The independence of the members of the General and Supervisory Board and members of the Audit Committee shall be determined in accordance with the applicable law and, as regards the other members of the Board of Directors, those who are not associated with any specific interest group within the company, nor under any circumstances capable of affecting their impartiality of analysing or decision making is considered to be independent, particularly with regard to the following: a. Was an employee over the last three years of the company or a company which is in a controlling or group relationship; b. Have, in the last three years, provided services or established a significant business relationship with the company or company with which said company is in a control or group relationship, either directly or as a partner, board member, manager or director of the legal person; c. Receiving remuneration paid by the company or by a company that is in a controlling or group relationship in addition to the remuneration derived from carrying out the tasks as a Board Member; d. Living with a partner or a spouse, next of kin up to and including third degree, of board members or individuals directly or indirectly holding qualifying holdings; e. Being a qualifying shareholder or representative of a qualifying shareholder. 19. Professional qualifications and other relevant curricular information of each member of the Board of Directors, the General and Supervisory Board and the Executive Board, where applicable. 20. Customary and meaningful family, professional or business relationships of members of the Board of Directors, the General and Supervisory Board and the Executive Board, where applicable, with shareholders that are assigned qualifying holdings that are greater than 2% of the voting rights. 21. Organisational charts or flowcharts concerning the allocation of powers between the various corporate boards, committees and/or departments within the company, including information on delegating powers, particularly as regards the delegation of the company's daily management. b) Functioning 22. Availability and place where rules on the functioning of the Board of Directors, the General and Supervisory Board and the Executive Board, where applicable, may be viewed. 23. The number of meetings held and the attendance report for each member of the Board of Directors, the General and Supervisory Board and the Executive Board, where applicable. 24. Details of competent corporate boards undertaking the performance appraisal of executive directors. 25. Predefined criteria for assessing executive directors' performance. 26. The availability of each member of the Board of Directors, the General and Supervisory Board and the Executive Board, where applicable, and details of the positions held at the same time in other companies within and outside the group, and other relevant activities undertaken by members of these boards throughout the financial year. 7 c) Committees within the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board and Board Delegates 27. Details of the committees created within the Board of Directors, the General and Supervisory Board and the Executive Board, where applicable, and the place where the rules on the functioning thereof is available. 28. Composition of the Executive Board and/or details of the Board Delegate/s, where applicable. 29. Description of the powers of each of the committees established and a summary of activities undertaken in exercising said powers. III. SUPERVISION (Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee or the General and Supervisory Board) a) Composition* 30. Details of the Supervisory Body (Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee or the General and Supervisory Board) representing the model adopted. 31. Composition of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee, the General and Supervisory Board or the Financial Matters Committee, where applicable, with details of the articles of association’s minimum and maximum number of members, duration of term of office, number of effective members, date of first appointment, date of end of the term of office for each member and reference to the section of the report where said information is already included pursuant to paragraph 18. 32. Details of the members of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee, the General and Supervisory Board and the Financial Matters Committee, where applicable, which are considered to be independent pursuant to Article 414/5 CSC and reference to the section of the report where said information already appears pursuant to paragraph 19. 33. Professional qualifications of each member of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee, the General and Supervisory Board and the Financial Matters Committee, where applicable, and other important curricular information, and reference to the section of the report where said information already appears pursuant to paragraph 21. b) Functioning 34. Availability and place where the rules on the functioning of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee, the General and Supervisory Board and the Financial Matters Committee, where applicable, may be viewed, and reference to the section of the report where said information already appears pursuant to paragraph 24. 35. The number of meetings held and the attendance report for each member of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee, the General and Supervisory Board and the Financial Matters Committee, where applicable, and reference to the section of the report where said information already appears pursuant to paragraph 25. 8 36. The availability of each member of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee, the General and Supervisory Board and the Financial Matters Committee, where applicable, indicating the positions held simultaneously in other companies inside and outside the group, and other relevant activities undertaken by members of these Boards throughout the financial year, and reference to the section of the report where such information already appears pursuant to paragraph 26. c) Powers and duties 37. A description of the procedures and criteria applicable to the supervisory body for the purposes of hiring additional services from the external auditor. 38. Other duties of the supervisory body and, where appropriate, the Financial Matters Committee. IV. STATUTORY AUDITOR 39. Details of the statutory auditor and the partner that represents same. 40. State the number of years that the statutory auditor consecutively carries out duties with the company and/or group. 41. Description of other services that the statutory auditor provides to the company. V. EXTERNAL AUDITOR 42. Details of the external auditor appointed in accordance with Article 8 and the partner that represents same in carrying out these duties, and the respective registration number at the CMVM. 43. State the number of years that the external auditor and respective partner that represents same in carrying out these duties consecutively carries out duties with the company and/or group. 44. Rotation policy and schedule of the external auditor and the respective partner that represents said auditor in carrying out such duties. 45. Details of the Board responsible for assessing the external auditor and the regular intervals when said assessment is carried out. 46. Details of services, other than auditing, carried out by the external auditor for the company and/or companies in a control relationship and an indication of the internal procedures for approving the recruitment of such services and a statement on the reasons for said recruitment. 47. Details of the annual remuneration paid by the company and/or legal entities in a control or group relationship to the auditor and other natural or legal persons pertaining to the same network and the percentage breakdown relating to the following services (For the purposes of this information, the network concept results from the European Commission Recommendation No. C (2002) 1873 of 16 May): 9 By the Company* Amount for statutory auditing services (€) [€/%] Amount for audit reliability services (€) [€/%] Amount for tax consulting services (€) [€/%] Amount for other non-statutory auditing services (€) [€/%] By Entities comprising the Group* Amount for statutory auditing services (€) [€/%] Amount for audit reliability services (€) [€/%] Amount for tax consulting services (€) [€/%] Amount for other non-statutory auditing services (€) [€/%] * Includes individual and consolidated financial statements C. INTERNAL ORGANISATION I. Articles of Association 48. The rules governing amendment to the articles of association (Article 245- A/1/h)). II. Reporting of irregularities 49. Reporting means and policy on the reporting of irregularities in the company. III. Internal control and risk management 50. Individuals, boards or committees responsible for the internal audit and/or implementation of the internal control systems. 51. Details, even including organisational structure, of hierarchical and/or functional dependency in relation to other boards or committees of the company. 52. Other functional areas responsible for risk control. 53. Details and description of the major economic, financial and legal risks to which the company is exposed in pursuing its business activity. 54. Description of the procedure for identification, assessment, monitoring, control and risk management. 55. Core details on the internal control and risk management systems implemented in the company regarding the procedure for reporting financial information (Article 245-A/1/m)). IV. Investor Assistance 56. Department responsible for investor assistance, composition, functions, the information made available by said department and contact details. 57. Market Liaison Officer. 10 58. Data on the extent and deadline for replying to the requests for information received throughout the year or pending from preceding years. V. Website 59. Address (es). 60. Place where information on the firm, public company status, headquarters and other details referred to in Article 171 of the Commercial Companies Code is available. 61. Place where the articles of association and regulations on the functioning of the boards and/or committees are available. 62. Place where information is available on the names of the corporate boards' members, the Market Liaison Officer, the Investor Assistance Office or comparable structure, respective functions and contact details. 63. Place where the documents are available and relate to financial accounts reporting, which should be accessible for at least five years and the half-yearly calendar on company events that is published at the beginning of every six months, including, inter alia, general meetings, disclosure of annual, half-yearly and where applicable, quarterly financial statements. 64. Place where the notice convening the general meeting and all the preparatory and subsequent information related thereto is disclosed. 65. Place where the historical archive on the resolutions passed at the company's General Meetings, share capital and voting results relating to the preceding three years are available. D. REMUNERATION I. Power to establish 66. Details of the powers for establishing the remuneration of corporate boards, members of the executive committee or chief executive and directors of the company. II. Remuneration Committee 67. Composition of the remuneration committee, including details of individuals or legal persons recruited to provide services to said committee and a statement on the independence of each member and advisor. 68. Knowledge and experience in remuneration policy issues by members of the Remuneration Committee. III. Remuneration structure 69. Description of the remuneration policy of the Board of Directors and Supervisory Boards as set out in Article 2 of Law No. 28/2009 of 19 June. 11 70. Information on how remuneration is structured so as to enable the aligning of the interests of the members of the board of directors with the company's long-term interests and how it is based on the performance assessment and how it discourages excessive risk taking. 71. Reference, where applicable, to there being a variable remuneration component and information on any impact of the performance appraisal on this component. 72. The deferred payment of the remuneration’s variable component and specify the relevant deferral period. 73. The criteria whereon the allocation of variable remuneration on shares is based, and also on maintaining company shares that the executive directors have had access to, on the possible share contracts, including hedging or risk transfer contracts, the corresponding limit and its relation to the total annual remuneration value. 74. The criteria whereon the allocation of variable remuneration on options is based and details of the deferral period and the exercise price. 75. The key factors and grounds for any annual bonus scheme and any additional non-financial benefits. 76. Key characteristics of the supplementary pensions or early retirement schemes for directors and state date when said schemes were approved at the general meeting, on an individual basis. IV. Remuneration disclosure 77. Details on the amount relating to the annual remuneration paid as a whole and individually to members of the company's board of directors, including fixed and variable remuneration and as regards the latter, reference to the different components that gave rise to same. 78. Any amounts paid, for any reason whatsoever, by other companies in a control or group relationship, or are subject to a common control. 79. Remuneration paid in the form of profit sharing and/or bonus payments and the reasons for said bonuses or profit sharing being awarded. 80. Compensation paid or owed to former executive directors concerning contract termination during the financial year. 81. Details of the annual remuneration paid, as a whole and individually, to the members of the company's supervisory board for the purposes of Law No. 28/2009 of 19 June. 82. Details of the remuneration in said year of the Chairman of the Presiding Board to the General Meeting. V. Agreements with remuneration implications 83. The envisaged contractual restraints for compensation payable for the unfair dismissal of directors and the relevance thereof to the remunerations’ variable component. 12 84. Reference to the existence and description, with details of the sums involved, of agreements between the company and members of the board of directors and managers, pursuant to Article 248-B/3 of the Securities Code that envisages compensation in the event of resignation or unfair dismissal or termination of employment following a takeover bid. (Article 245-A/1/l)) VI. Share-Allocation and/or Stock Option Plans 85. Details of the plan and the number of persons included therein. 86. Characteristics of the plan (allocation conditions, non-transfer of share clauses, criteria on share-pricing and the exercising option price, the period during which the options may be exercised, the characteristics of the shares or options to be allocated, the existence of incentives to purchase and/or exercise options). 87. Stock option plans for the company employees and staff. 88. Control mechanisms for a possible employee-shareholder system inasmuch as the voting rights are not directly exercised by said employees (Article 245-A/1/e)). E. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS I. Control mechanisms and procedures 89. Mechanisms implemented by the Company for the purpose of controlling transactions with related parties (For said purpose, reference is made to the concept resulting from IAS 24. 90. Details of transactions that were subject to control in the referred year. 91. A description of the procedures and criteria applicable to the supervisory body when same provides preliminary assessment of the business deals to be carried out between the company and the holders of qualifying holdings or entity- relationships with the former, as envisaged in Article 20 of the Securities Code. II. Data on business deals 92. Details of the place where the financial statements including information on business dealings with related parties are available, in accordance with IAS 24, or alternatively a copy of said data. 13 PART II – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ASSESSMENT 1. Details of the Corporate Governance Code implemented The Corporate Governance Code that the Company is subject to or has voluntarily decided to abide by should be identified pursuant to Article 2 of this Regulation. The company should also indicate the place where the relevant texts of the Corporate Governance Code, to which the issuer is subject, are available to the public (Article 245-A/1/p)). 2. Analysis of compliance with the Corporate Governance Code implemented Pursuant to Article 245-A//o), a statement should be included relating to the acceptance of the Corporate Governance Code, to which the issuer is subject, by stating any divergence from said Code and the reasons for said divergence. The information to be submitted should include the following for each recommendation: a) Information enabling the verification of compliance with the recommendation or referring to the part of the report where the issue is discussed in detail (chapter, title, paragraph, page); b) Grounds for any non-compliance or partial compliance thereof; c) In the event of non-compliance or partial compliance, the details of any alternative mechanism adopted by the company for the purpose of pursuing the same objective of the recommendation. 3. Other information The company should provide any data or additional information, which, as it is not expressed in the previous paragraphs, is relevant for understanding the corporate governance model and practices adopted. 14